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TW O - The Heppner Gaiette-Time*. Depporr. Oregon M rd n tv b t, Junr IH. WH* Lexington couple hosts Enterprise reunion Ken and Lucile Peck of Lex ington. hosted the L'SS Enterprise reunion on June 13. 14. 13 Forty- four members of the ere* and their wives attended There were 27 RVv parked and three tent« pitched at the ranch Although this was a northwest get together. people were present from California Nevada and Florida The ship was commissioned May 12. I93H and five "plank owners.” men from the commissioning; crew, attended Captain Pete Taylor. USNK. Ret who had the distinction of downing the last of the 911 Japanese planes credited to Enter prise, flew in from Seattle USS F.nterprise wav the most decorated surface ship m World War II and participated in 21 operations and campaigns The ship's air groups sank 71 ships, damaged 192 others, and caused damage to many shore installations The Japanese reported the ship sunk si* times it moves so far and mi fast over the Pacific that the Japanese alvi once reported it as three different earners She was finally disabled by a Kamaka/e suicide plane on May 14. 1943 The ship was dismantled and Lightening causes outage Saturday afternoon lightening hit a top crossarm on a transmission structure near the Nelson ranch on Baseline Road and damaged the crossarm and insulatoars causing a one hour 42- minute power outage over most of this half of the electrical system. Mark laisgren of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op reported Lightening seldom strikes within the Columbia Basin system, laisgren continued It's rare that it hits the power lines, however. Saturday's storm was unusual with a mixture of sheet lightening and direct strokes taking out many of the lightening ar restors in the system Columbia Basin crews repaired five individual outages in addition to the major outage on Baseline Road A crew of three replaced the top crossarm. insulator string, and damaged insulatoars on an adjacent pole Local girl to compete at pageant Jessica Sumner, daughter of Charlie and Cindy Sumner. lex ington. has been selected to compete in the Little Miss Jr America Pageant at the Red Lion Motor Inn in Portland. Saturday. July 3 The contest is open to H 12 year olds and Jessica was selected to com pete by the ( begun pageant commit tee Prizes for the statewide contest include a trophy, camera. TV. and a trip to Florida for competition at the national finals Contestants are judged during a personal interview, sportswear com petition, and gown competition Sponsors in the competition arc Morrow County Grain Growers, the Heppner Elks, Tom McConnell and Charlie and Cindy Sumner Jessica Sumner sold for scrap metal in 1939 The first nuclear powered earner of the United Slates Navy is carrying on the name and traditions of USS F.nterprise The next northwest reunion will he in Seattle in I9HH Local delegates attend state convention by Fsa llam lrtt Waste awareness was brought to the attention of the 277 delegates at lending the 39th annual convention of the Oregon Sute f ederation of Garden Clubs June 8-11 at the Monarch Motor H«tel in Clackamas How do we dispose of old medicines, chemicals, oil. plastics, used products, and our many empty household containers ’ How are we contaminating the land, water and air1 This is a real problem that has no easy answers It was reported that state officers attended the Energy Awareness Conference in Washington I) C and one was held in the Portland area this spring Helen Martin and I OTM Hubbard represented the lone Garden Club at the convention along with 11 other delegates from Blue Mountain District No 10 Jane Rawlins, delegate from Hcppner Garden Club and Assistant Director of District No 10 accompanied the lone delegates She took the place of Blue Ml Director. Cece Slocum of Her miston who could not attend The three made the pre convention tour o f » h r I r;». h O a r . l r n c am t » h r W'lllamettc National Cemetery . Nxh supported by the Federation The theme Multnomah Cares About Birds and Bees. About But terflies and Trees. About Herbs and Flowers, and Blue Star Memorials Under Oregon Showers was earned out in the iavors and table decora lions which were given away daily Besides the reports of State Of ficers, 17 District Directors or their Continued page 8 It voti li like we c.tn talk seed itisi about any month of the sear Heeause we supply fuel for land prep fertilizer to make the seed grow insecticides and herbicides to give it the ties! chance to excel And we supply the sets! Not just any srtxl Imi seed matched to your area and your specific needs Let us help you in your plans for The Conservation Reserve Program or The Acreage Reduction Programs. We don't figure we can pisi show up once a year and take vour order We re going to live with that sc*ed from the time you order right through harvest .So it hmi IvlU r l»e good just like all the other services that go with it Whatever your seed needs W heatgrass Small Gram Fescues Forage Alfalfa Dryland Pasture Mix we can't afford to offer you anything hut the lies! Knowing you and your needs it's all |ur1 of taking care of the country's business your business! Slop in soon and let us take care of vour sessi mssls Th** lim itivi' hi .tint frm rd y apfWMnrtfl an th r labri .»tt* N\1 H> UlR IN [tiri 111 ft*' VrnUA ' J Vllir TAKING CARE a Tl Œ COUNT W S BUSINESS WUfft tt*t customer is the company County Rione 989 £221 T O Boi M7 L a u n j l o n O r e g o n «7 61« Lee Padberg shows load of wood to be auctioned at Reno night Saturday Reno night coming Sat. "With over 100 pn/es worth thousands, the odds favor winning" claims Peggy Eishbum. prize coor dinator for the June 21 Little Ren«» Night "Even folks with bad luck ought to win at this one " Games, including 21. poker, craps roulette, lew and 4 3 b. begin this Saturday June 21 at 7 p m upstairs at the Elks ladge The ac tivity fund raiser is a first annual project of the Heppner Raster Club Teen staff’ needed for state fair About 20 high school age 4 H members will he selected for staff at Oregon Stale Fair Assignments will range from one to three days, with teen stall assisting in arranging ex hihits. registering contest par tic ipants. and greeting visitors to the 4 H area, as well as answering in quiries aJvout the 4 H program Young people selected will receive room and board while at state fair Application forms and additional information is available from the Ex tension Service. h7b 9M2 or Box '97. Heppner Forms arc due in the State 4 H Office Julv 10 (¡ener»*us donations by a wide cross section of the community have resulted in super prizes "It should entice nearly everyone and the odds for winning warrants a big crowd." insists Diana Ball, chairperson Many of the prizes are worth several 3100 An itemized list will be on flyers at the casino. Scrip will be used for gaming and accumulated scrip will he used at auctuin to bid on prizes at the close of the evening Refreshments include all kinds of beverages and popcorn The public 21 vears and older is invited Irrigon man launches signature drive ed and operated Portland Window Cleaning Co , then a construction firm in Eugene, a retail store and his current company. Sampson Livestock One of Sampson's main concerns is the unification ol the county ’‘The unification of the counts through more pr«xluctive uses of the bomb ing range ranks a high on his priori ty list " "Instead of long term leases we should only permit one or two- year leaves The county needs to regain zoning and civil control ot what is allowed to occur in that area Citizens should have the final say currently we have none The flight patterns haven't been changed since the 19M)'s, yet our population has doubled The bombing range has physically segregated our county tor tixi mans years That entire area would be more productive it it were developed with roads, agriculture and industry University of Oregon at Eugene He transferred to Southern ( begun Col lege. Ashland, where he graduated with a B S in Business Financial Management in | 9 b 9 He holds graduate school credits from Southern Oregon C«»llegc. the University of Oregon and Portland Suite University where he was a can didate for a Masters Degree in Business Administration In addition to farming and con struction work. Sampson has own Ted Sampson Former fair & rodeo queen to try for Miss College Rodeo 20 title girls are expected to compete Sylvia I Add. lone, will compete in the Miss College Rodeo contest the week of June ¡6 24 in conjunction with the National Finals Rodeo in Bozeman. Montana Eleven regions compete in the National Collegiate Rodeo Association Miss College Rodeo is judged on the basis of horsemanship, rodeo knowledge, appearance, spx-aking. modeling, and personality A total ol ITte 20 year old senior at Oregon State l !mserxity earned the title of Miss Congeniality at last year's na tional contest The 1986-87 queen for O S ll would normally have gone to the competition, hut I .add's reign was extended A former Morrow County Fair and Rodeo queen. laidd is a speech- communications major at Oregon Slate Unisersity Local l’iris to receive 4 -H training Kim Wright and Paula Plochar Jf sky. Heppner. will trasel to the 4 H f Center in Salem the Iasi week end in June lo receive iheir official 4 H Ambassador Training and Dcsigna t lion as well as panicipale in inter views for national awards They are M among the 63 lop Oregon 4 H ers W selected as 4 H Ambassadors * A spec lal ceremony at the end of ' the training session will honor the J ambassadors, and national award trip nominees will he announced A Final announcement of national w awards is Sepccmher after nominee f records are finalized and S re submitted j It is an exciting and educational V event for 4 H'crs who compete for a the honors, said an Extension m spokesperson The Morrow 4 H W program lakes pride in hasing two j outstanding members named as Am- . hassadors this vear Wins beef certificate Boh DeSpai un. Heppner. won a \ Father's Day beef gift certificate I The drawing at Central Market was 0:1 sponsored hs the Morrow County 4 CowBelles 7 Wat hatters l«*p la p fvu s im jtrl »2995 A6117 Ì »ear battery litr I approx i •2995 I sear halters litr i appro* irruir) •2995 Peterson's Heppner A6115 2 v r a ' K iftrrv i appro* muir) l.tr •2995 Jewelers / 676 9200 4
